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The more we understand God’s grace toward us, the more gracious we can become toward others. We all need forgiveness, and we all need to forgive. Of course. But the more we understand the depth of our own sin and the grace of God to forgive us, the more gracious we can become toward those who sin against us. Join Patrick Morley and discover how receiving and offering forgiveness can free us from the guilt of what we’ve done and the resentment of what’s been done to us.

Jesus taught us to pray, “Give us today our daily bread.” But what exactly can we count on God to provide, especially when we don’t know what tomorrow will bring?

Let’s explore what “daily bread” means, what God promises to provide, how we can responsibly plan for the future, and how trusting God for today can free us from striving to control tomorrow.

Why keep praying what billions of people have prayed for centuries?

Jesus taught us to pray, “Your kingdom come, Your will be done.” But what exactly are God’s kingdom and will, and are we praying this passively, or do we have an active part to play?

Let’s explore what these words mean and how they impact the way we pray, make decisions, and respond when life doesn’t go according to plan.

Jesus shows us how to start our prayers by greeting God in a certain way.

Join Pat Morley for a better understanding of why that is, and how to do it in the most God-honoring way.

The gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ sets us free as men to become real men. But manhood training begins with what our heavenly Father builds into our life as men.

Join Dr. Pete Alwinson as he talks this week about enjoying God as Father and how that will radically transform your life as his son.

Forgiveness is one of the hardest things God asks us to do.

When someone has deeply wounded us, holding on to the hurt can feel justified. But Jesus offers us a different way. He calls us to forgive—not because the offense didn't matter, but because freedom matters more.

Join Pastor Joel Ashe as he unpacks Jesus' powerful words in Matthew 6:14-15 and shows how forgiveness is not about excusing the past, but about experiencing the freedom and power God desires for every man.

If you've ever struggled to let go of bitterness, resentment, or old wounds, this message is for you.

What are you longing for Jesus to do for you in prayer?

This week we start a sub-series on The Lord’s Prayer. Interestingly, Jesus starts by teaching His disciples how not to pray.

Join Pat and brush up on how Jesus doesn’t want you to pray, so you can fully engage with how He does.

In another of His searching teachings, Jesus reveals that it's possible to do all the right things for all the wrong reasons. God not only cares about what we do. He also cares deeply about why we do it.

Join Pat as we discover how to break free from living for the approval of others and experience the freedom of living for an audience of One. You'll learn how to examine your motives, serve with greater authenticity, and receive the reward that only your Father in heaven can give.

Everybody loves people who love them back. There’s nothing remarkable about that.

Jesus calls us to something far more difficult and far more beautiful. He tells us to love our enemies, pray for those who oppose us, and treat difficult people the way our Father has treated us.

Join Pat to wrestle this to the ground once and for all. This isn’t weakness. It’s one of the clearest signs that we’re becoming the men God had in mind when he created us.

Everybody gets picked on. Everybody gets criticized. Everybody gets treated unfairly. The question is not whether it will happen, but what you'll do when it does.

In this session, Jesus shows us how to stop letting small and even big offenses become big deals. Join Pat and discover a perspective that can free you from snark, criticism, hurt feelings, and the temptation to retaliate.

Are you married? Or do you hope to be someday?

Join Pat Morley as we explore what Jesus taught the disciples about marriage, divorce, and covenant faithfulness. Discover or rediscover God’s design for marriage and practical insights to build and protect a vibrant marriage.

One of the most practical (and challenging) teachings of Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount is about lust.

Join Pat Morley and learn or be reminded why lust is a heart issue, what Jesus meant when He said to remove the sources of temptation, and how men can take practical steps to stop feeding the fire and start walking in greater freedom and purity.

It’s going to be a great day!

Are you getting away with murder? What if we are responsible not only for what we do with our hands, but the murder in our hearts?

Since Moses, God commanded, “Do not murder.” But Jesus raised the bar and widened the conversation to include anger, contempt, and words that wound.

No need for despair! Join Pat Morley as he explains how Jesus immediately offers two highly doable ways to deal with the murder in our hearts.

Christians have long struggled to understand the relationship between the Old Testament and the New Testament. Join Pat Morley as we look at how Jesus, in His own words, clears up the mystery once and for all! You’ll see how the Old Testament is the blueprint, Jesus is the building, and why many sincere people end up constructing a faith that doesn’t look much like the original plans. You’ll leave with a much sharper understanding of what God intended all along.

Join Pat Morley as we explore one of Jesus’ clearest descriptions of what a disciple is meant to be: salt and light. In a world that often feels dark, confused, and morally adrift, Jesus calls His followers to preserve what’s good, illuminate what’s true, and help people find their way home to God.

We’ll talk about why many men slowly lose their distinctiveness, how we as disciples can influence the culture without becoming part of the culture, and what it looks like to live a visible faith that points people toward Jesus. A real man doesn’t blend into the world. He quietly changes it.

Join Pat Morley as we begin a new subseries on the Sermon on the Mount by exploring one of life’s biggest questions: What does it really mean to be happy, and where is happiness found?

In the Beatitudes, Jesus turns the world’s definition of happiness upside down. He describes the kind of men who are truly “blessed”—not men driven by ego, image, anger, achievement, or performance, but men marked by humility, mercy, purity, courage, integrity, and dependence on God.

The world promises happiness through success, approval, and control. Jesus offers something deeper: the kind of flourishing the world can promise but never deliver. Together, we’ll explore why the qualities Jesus called “blessed” are still the foundation for becoming fully alive today.

It’s going to be a great day!

Guest speaker Pastor Andy Searles will help us explore 1 Thessalonians 2:7–12 and uncover Paul’s powerful blueprint for investing in men through compassion, consistency, encouragement, and purpose.

Men don’t simply need more advice—they need steady, godly men who will show up, walk with them, and call them higher.

This timely study (considering Train Like the Twelve) will equip you to make someone a bit stronger and wiser.

In the Sabbath encounters, Jesus unequivocally shows us that compassion trumps man-made rules and regulations--every time!

And, in His school of discipleship, He wants His disciples—then and now—to do the same. Join us as we learn to lead others with compassion and courage.

I was out of commission and unable to teach a live session, so instead we held an open mic.We asked the local group men to share in 3–4 minutes what God has been doing in their life as a result of gathering with their small group and the teachings of Jesus in Train Like the Twelve.

As we’re learning to let Jesus do for us what He did for the Twelve, I'd love to hear from you how God is working in your life, your group.

Any new insight you’ve gained—great.

Any transformation you’ve seen—even better.

So instead, we’ll do what Jesus often did with His disciples—pause and reflect on what God is doing among us. This weeks recording will hopefully help get your group talking about how God is at work in them.

Who is Jesus, really?

Not the version shaped by culture, assumptions, or distance, but the Jesus who stands in John 5 and makes claims so clear and so bold that the religious leaders wanted Him dead.

The issue was never a lack of proof. It was a heart that preferred human approval over the glory of God.

Join Jim Angelakos tomorrow and let’s dig into one of the most defining passages in Scripture. And most of all, come ready to encounter the Son of God, not as an idea, but as the living Savior.

Join Pat Morley as we look at one of the most penetrating questions Jesus ever asked: “Do you want to get well?” We’ll explore why some men stay stuck, why others can’t yet see a way forward, and how Jesus meets both with compassion and power.

You’ll also wrestle with a hard question: Can you trust God is working for you—even when it looks like He’s working for someone else?

Jesus was asked, “Why don’t your disciples act like our disciples?”Jesus answered with three word pictures—and disciples ever since have wondered, “What do a wedding, a torn patch, and exploding wineskins have to do with me?”Join Pat Morley and be challenged to recognize anything you’re clinging to that no longer works—even if it once did—and why.Then learn how to help yourself—or another man—graduate from performance into the unique freedom of a relationship with Jesus.

This week in Train Like the Twelve, Jesus puts a stake in the ground. He calls Levi, a tax collector who “the good people” despised.

What’s striking is what Levi does next—he immediately throws a banquet and invites his friends so they can meet Jesus too.

Join us as we explore what the disciples heard and observed that day and what it means for you—a man who wants to become a disciple who helps others follow Jesus.

A man is lowered through a roof. Everyone thinks they know the problem. He can’t walk.

But Jesus shocks the room: “I want you to know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins.” (Luke 5:24)

Join Pat Morley and discover why this is the most important declaration Jesus has made so far—and why history pivots on it.

By forgiving before He healed, Jesus revealed that the deepest human problem is not physical and the most pressing issue in any room is invisible.

You know what you want. But isn’t it good news that Jesus knows what you actually need?

Jesus was constantly in motion—preaching, teaching, healing, casting out demons. Everywhere He went, there was another need, another demand, another person who wanted Him to stay. Yet He didn’t make decisions based on pressure; He made them based on priority. And He never frittered away His time on lesser things.

Join Pat Morley as he reveals what guided Jesus’ decisions, shares the personal dashboard he has used for years, and shows you how to build one of your own.

Jesus walks into a place of worship, teaches with unmistakable authority—and then confronts a man possessed by an impure spirit.

What happened next stunned everyone present. With a single command, the spirit obeyed.

This was more than a dramatic moment. It revealed who Jesus is—and what happens when His authority collides with evil.

Join Pat Morley as we explore what it means that Jesus has absolute authority over evil—and what that means for the hidden battles men quietly carry today.

It’s going to be a great day!

Let’s face it. The better you do your work, the more people want from you. Demand increases. Pressure follows. And if you’re not careful, you can end up living on adrenaline instead of abiding.

In this message, we’ll look at one short—but revealing—verse from the life of Jesus:

“But Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed.” (Luke 5:16)

Why did Jesus pray so much? What problem was He solving—and why does that matter for men today?

Jesus withdrew—not to escape responsibility—but to renew strength and stay aligned with the Father. He managed the momentum that would have otherwise consumed Him.

Join Pat Morley and think through the rhythms you need so you can follow the example of Jesus and lead a biblically rhythmic life.

Right after calling the fishermen, the very next man Jesus “catches” is not an impressive leader, but a leper—a man whose hopes and dreams had been shattered, who came begging Jesus for help.

Join Pat Morley as we feel the weight of what Jesus wanted His disciples to see—and understand.

For us, this raises a searching question:

Are we a place where broken men feel safe to come and ask for help?

Something is amiss if broken men are not coming to us.

Something is amiss if we are not seeking out broken men.

And while sometimes a man still won’t come even when we do everything right, we don’t want it to be because of us.

A carpenter tells professional fishermen where to catch fish—an instruction that defied all logic, humanly speaking.

Join Pat Morley tomorrow morning as we watch what happened next, and how one simple response—“At Your word”—opened their eyes to Jesus’ power and might.

Do you feel it—that yearning to be part of something so big it’s doomed to fail if God’s not on it?

Come feel the exhilaration of following Jesus with your whole heart.

Jesus was a rising star.

He returned to his hometown where He got invited to preach at His home “church.” Everyone was excited to hear what He had to say—until He said it.

Join Pat Morley and observe the chaos that followed from the perspective of the disciples.

The problem will be easy to understand, but what does it mean? And how does it apply to you? Join us and find out.

A man’s young son is about to die.

In desperation, the father pleads with Jesus to heal him.

When Jesus tells him his son will live, the man doesn’t wait for proof. He takes Jesus at His word and starts home in obedience.

If you’ve ever struggled to obey before things make sense, and who hasn't, this one's for you.

Join Pat Morley and let Jesus train you like He trained them.

A whole village of people was on their way to see Jesus.

In fact, throngs of new people are searching for him every day.

But the disciples were not yet trained to understand the bigger picture of what was going on. Jesus lovingly took them aside to open their eyes so they could see the bigger picture and guide the people.

That’s training. Join Pat Morley and let Jesus train you like He trained them—to see the bigger picture and be part of it.

In the previous lesson, we were not surprised to learn that Jesus would meet with a top religious leader.

This week’s lesson takes us 180 degrees in the other direction. You see, Jesus' next move was to seek out the kind of person that most people seek to avoid. The message is clear: Everyone matters to Jesus. And as we will also see, everyone can make a difference.

But the Twelve were surprised—even befuddled. Join Pat Morley and let’s nail down what Jesus was trying to teach His disciples, then and now, about His mission, His audience, His message, and His method. Join us—and train like the Twelve.

Eavesdrop as Jesus explains His salvation for the first time ever recorded—to a good and respected man who was confident he already understood God. 

Join Pat Morley as Jesus awakens His disciples—then and now—to understand the true nature of salvation via a late-night conversation with Nicodemus. 

Instead of our regular Man Alive Bible Study, we recently hosted the 45th Annual Thanksgiving Prayer Breakfast—a long-standing Orlando tradition! I'd like to share it with you.

Our featured speaker was Kim Lopdrup, Harvard-educated and retired CEO of Red Lobster, who is five for five on major corporate turnarounds. Kim shared how his faith has shaped his career and family through both success and adversity.

Picture it: You go with Jesus to “church,” and the next thing you know, He’s making a scene—flipping tables, scattering coins, and shouting Scripture. Not the “teaching moment” you were expecting!

Join Pat Morley and learn why Jesus was so adamant about driving out anything that keeps the temple from being the sanctuary God desires—and what that means for us today. Let Jesus do for you what He did for them.

Like the Twelve, you’ve been recruited to join Jesus in His school of discipleship. You believe in the cause, so you enlisted. You made the team. 

Now it’s the first day of training camp. You expected to learn how to clean and shoot, to catch and throw, or how to deliver a decisive tackle. Instead—you find yourself at a wedding.

Join Pat Morley and discover what Jesus imparted to the Twelve on that first day of camp—and what He wants us to learn as well. See how the first disciples responded, and how Jesus wants us to respond today.

Guest Speaker: Orlando City Chaplain Andy Searles

In a world of constant tension, conflict, and distraction, how do we become men of peace—anchored, steady, and sent by God?

This Friday, Pastor Andy Searles will walk us through the practical shifts men must make to live as people of peace:

1. From Calling to Commission 
2. From Chaos to Calm 
3. From Moments to Movement 

Come learn how courage often looks more like vulnerability than control—and how to carry Christ’s peace into a world at war.

For three years, twelve ordinary men walked with Jesus—and they were never the same.

Can you imagine what that would have been like to be personally discipled by Jesus?

Train Like the Twelve will help you experience, as closely as possible, what it was like to be one of those men.

Walk the dusty roads beside Him. Hear His voice call your name. Feel His hand on your shoulder as He looks you in the eye and says, “Follow Me.” Hold His cloak as you watch Him heal, teach, forgive—and command storms to be still.

In Train Like the Twelve, we will reproduce Jesus’ school of discipleship—step by step—so you can personally experience how He trained the first disciples. You will not only strengthen your own walk with Christ, you’ll be better equipped to help others follow Him too.

It all begins here—with Lesson One: “Come and See.”

Using His own words, in the order He spoke them, together we’ll retrace how Jesus trained the Twelve—from this first invitation, “Come and see,” to His final command, “Go and make disciples.”

Join us—and Train Like the Twelve.

This week, we get to hear Tim Johnson’s inspiring story. 

Tim knows the heights of athletic success—winning a national championship with Penn State in 1986 and a Super Bowl with Washington in 1991. But his greatest victory is not on the field—it’s in helping fatherless young men find healing and identity in Christ.

As Senior Pastor of Orlando World Outreach Church, Johnson has pioneered Fatherless No More, a transformative discipleship initiative at Rikers Island that introduces incarcerated men to the love of the Heavenly Father. The movement has grown into a nationally recognized documentary, featured on ESPN, Good Morning America, The 700 Club, and at major film festivals.

Join Pat Morley as we discuss practical steps for how you and the men you serve can best have a deepening relationship with God, including making Jesus the Lord of your life, spending time with (abiding in) Him, and learning to live and walk in the Spirit. 

You’ll be equipped to guide yourself and other men away from performance-driven religion and into a grace-filled process that truly changes lives.

This week, we’ll clarify what becoming a Christian really is—not a self-improvement project or a willpower sprint, but embracing the story of Jesus: who He is, why He came, and what it means to trust Him. We’ll talk about how to walk with men who feel unworthy, uncertain, or “not ready,” and how to invite them to take an honest next step without pressure, clichés, or manipulation.

Join Pat Morley as we outline a clear, conversational path to faith; why doubts are normal; and how grace—not performance—changes a man from the inside out.

This week we’ll explore one of the most important and controversial questions in Christianity: Is the Bible actually true—and can you stake your life on it?

Join Pat Morley as we walk through the historical, practical, and personal reasons why you can believe the Bible is reliable—not just spiritually, but intellectually. You’ll be equipped to answer honest doubts and questions from those you lead, and renewed in your own confidence that the Bible is far more than a spiritual opinion—it’s the Word of God.

This week we tackle one of life’s deepest questions: If God is good, why does He allow so much pain, evil, and futility in the world? From personal tragedies like our daughter’s death last year to global disasters, for many of us suffering is often the greatest challenge to our faith.

We’ll look at how Christian thinkers have answered this question, what the Bible teaches, and how Jesus Himself shared in our suffering. You’ll be reminded that your trials are not meaningless, but part of a larger story God is writing. And, you’ll leave better equipped to talk to friends who object to Christian faith because of suffering.

Many men feel tension between what science teaches and what Christianity claims. But what if that tension isn’t necessary? What if both disciplines are actually asking different—but equally important—questions?

Join Pat Morley as we explore how science and theology can complement one another. You’ll learn how to respond with confidence when someone claims that science has disproven faith, and how to show that science actually reveals the brilliance and order of God.

We’ll also walk through a compelling conversation between a pastor and a scientist that will help you coach others through their doubts.

You’ve probably heard the saying, “The enemy of best is settling for good.” Sometimes we settle because we don’t want to risk failure. Other times, fear keeps us from stepping outside our comfort zone. But Jonah’s story flips the script—he wasn’t afraid of failing. He was afraid of succeeding!

Join Ronn Read as he opens the scriptures for us!

This week, we’re diving into what it truly means to love others—and why it’s central to our faith. Scripture reminds us that love isn’t just a suggestion; it’s a command from Jesus Himself.

Join Jim Angelakos as we refocus on the heart of Christianity: not rules, but a relationship with Jesus that compels us to love deeply and sincerely.

You’ll be encouraged in your walk with Christ and equipped to share God’s love with your spouse, children, family, friends, coworkers, and everyone you encounter.

This week, we’ll examine whether belief in God is actually the most rational conclusion—not a leap into the dark, but a step into the light.

Join Pat Morley as we walk through classic proofs for God’s existence. Learn a powerful illustration that can help you gently challenge the assumption that faith is irrational. You’ll gain clarity for your own belief—and practical language to help others reconsider theirs.

If someone you know is on the fence, struggling with doubts, or just asking big questions—this session will help you serve them well.

This week, we’ll look at how many people—perhaps even people you love—have rejected Christianity not because they understand it, but because they’ve only been exposed to shallow soundbites and distortions of the real thing.

Join Pat Morley as we uncover the heart of Christianity—not rules or performance, but a person: Jesus.

You’ll be strengthened in your own faith and equipped to lovingly explain what Christianity really is to a friend, coworker, child, or brother who may be rejecting a version of faith they’ve never properly understood.

This week we’ll explore the three major belief systems most men follow—secular, moral, and religious—and why all of them, ultimately, break down.

Join Pat Morley as we examine the quiet assumptions that shape men’s lives, and how Christianity offers not performance, but peace. 

Discover how to help the men you lead recognize the signs of restlessness, and point them to something more solid and lasting.